"2016 has all the characteristics of a very great year: even flowering with good fertilisation, a water deficit with abundant sunshine in summer, homogeneous véraison (colour change), drought conditions tempered by cool nighttime temperatures, and a magnificent Indian summer. Power, finesse, and elegance. 2016 is a very great vintage."

Cassis, blood plums, blackcurrant leaf, cloves, liquorice, and nutmeg are what strike us first with this wine, followed by the classic cabernet pyrazines. The acid and tannin are still punchy but very well integrated, and definitely softened from their time in bottle. This wine is nowhere near on its last legs yet, though. We'd give it another 10 years of good drinking (at least)!